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Government

Mar. 5, 2016

Twitter fighting to release government user data requests

While Apple Inc. is in federal court fighting the U.S. Department of Justice over what the government wants the company to do, Twitter is tangling in federal court over what the FBI doesn't want it to do.

By Tim O'Connor
Daily Journal Staff Writer

While Apple Inc. is in federal court fighting the U.S. Department of Justice over what the government wants the company to do, another technology giant is slugging it out in federal court over what the FBI doesn't want it to do.

Twitter Inc. was hit with a motion to dismiss its First Amendment lawsuit in which the social media company wants the right to release more infor...

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